Inside Out 2of disney and Pixaris the first film of the year to reach $1 billion at the global box office.
After 19 days since its release, the animated sequel has grossed $469.3 million in North America and $545.5 million internationally, for a global total of $1,015 million.
It is one of 11 animated films to join the $1 billion club (eight of which are Disney titles) and is the fastest animated release to do so.
When Inside Out 2 premiered in theaters on June 14, the film broke expectations with $151 million in the United States and surpassed Dune: Part 2 ($711 million) as the biggest opening of the year. It was also the first film since Barbie ($162 million) last July to debut above $100 million.
Since then, the second Intensely has held the top spot on the box office charts for three consecutive weekends and became the highest-grossing film domestically and globally of 2024. Earlier this week, it surpassed the gross of its predecessor, 2015’s Inside Out ( US$859 million worldwide).
What Inside Out 2 is about
Inside Out 2 has been successful theatrically thanks to several factors, including goodwill from the original 2015 mainline ride, stellar word of mouth, and four-quadrant appeal. The next film hit the big screen almost 10 years after the original adventure about inner feelings, including joy (Amy Poehler), the sadness (Phyllis Smith) and anger (Lewis Black), of a young woman named Riley.
The sequel, directed by Kelsey Mann In her first feature film, she revisits a teenage Riley, who discovers new emotions of anxiety (Maya Hawke), envy (Ayo Edebiri), shame (Paul Walter Hauser) and nostalgia (June Squibb) while heading to hockey camp over the summer.
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